Death
Usually about a chapter closing rather than a person dying. Dreaming of your own death is more often read as transformation than as fear of dying.
Dreams about people
An ex-partner
Usually about the version of yourself you were in that relationship rather than the person. What the dream returns to is often the thing that was never said.
A baby
A new part of life needing attention. A crying baby is often read as something neglected.
A wedding
Jungian readings treat it as integration — two aspects of the self reconciling rather than two people.
Other categories
48 subjects · 140,610 searches a month
Every people dream people ask about
Ordered by how often each is actually searched. We publish the demand figure because it answers a question no dream dictionary does: is your dream unusual, or is it one of the most common ones there is.
| # | Dream about | Searches / month | Share of category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead people | 19,800 | 14.1% |
| 2 | Dead person | 13,860 | 9.9% |
| 3 | Someone died | 13,700 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Someone dying | 12,100 | 8.6% |
| 5 | Ex boyfriend | 6,160 | 4.4% |
| 6 | Old boyfriend | 5,800 | 4.1% |
| 7 | Boyfriend cheating | 5,500 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Twins | 4,960 | 3.5% |
| 9 | Dead family | 4,400 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Family | 4,400 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Sister | 4,400 | 3.1% |
| 12 | Police | 3,000 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Man | 2,600 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Killing people | 2,400 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Famous people | 1,900 | 1.4% |
| 16 | Celebrity | 1,900 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Crush | 1,760 | 1.3% |
| 18 | Dead father | 1,760 | 1.3% |
| 19 | Dead grandmother | 1,760 | 1.3% |
| 20 | Old friends | 1,600 | 1.1% |
| 21 | People | 1,600 | 1.1% |
| 22 | Old friend | 1,600 | 1.1% |
| 23 | Parents dying | 1,440 | 1% |
| 24 | Ex husband | 1,440 | 1% |
| 25 | People dying | 1,300 | 0.9% |
| 26 | Doctor | 1,300 | 0.9% |
| 27 | People who have died | 1,300 | 0.9% |
| 28 | Dead person alive | 1,180 | 0.8% |
| 29 | Ex girlfriend | 1,180 | 0.8% |
| 30 | Dead family members | 1,000 | 0.7% |
| 31 | Father | 1,000 | 0.7% |
| 32 | Dead family member | 1,000 | 0.7% |
| 33 | Husband cheating on me | 880 | 0.6% |
| 34 | Mom | 880 | 0.6% |
| 35 | Dead person in | 880 | 0.6% |
| 36 | Dead parents | 880 | 0.6% |
| 37 | Sex with your ex | 720 | 0.5% |
| 38 | Boyfriend cheating on me | 720 | 0.5% |
| 39 | Friends | 720 | 0.5% |
| 40 | Childhood home | 720 | 0.5% |
| 41 | Dead parent | 720 | 0.5% |
| 42 | Friend | 720 | 0.5% |
| 43 | Seeing dead person in | 720 | 0.5% |
| 44 | People from your past | 590 | 0.4% |
| 45 | Dead friends | 590 | 0.4% |
| 46 | Woman | 590 | 0.4% |
| 47 | Someone died in | 590 | 0.4% |
| 48 | Woman driving car in | 590 | 0.4% |
The most-asked people dream is Dead people at 19,800 searches a month — 14% of everything in this category. Just 6 of the 48 subjects account for half the demand, which is the usual shape: a handful of dreams everybody has, and a long tail almost nobody asks about.